49ers win in Green Bay for the first time since the Magic Man

The 49ers win for the first time in Green Bay since 1990, when Joe Montana and Jerry Rice hooked up for 187 yards receiving including the clinching 64-yard touchdown pass. It was so long ago, it pre-dated Brett Favre. The quarterback for the Packers was Don Majkowski, AKA, the Magic Man.
Quarterback Alex Smith wasn’t as prolific as counterpart Aaron Rodgers who threw for 303 yards passing while completing 30 of 44 passes with two touchdowns and one damming interception late that was key. Meanwhile, Smith completed 20 of 26 passes for 211 yards, two touchdowns and no hint of an interception.
In the process, Smith has completed over 189 straight passes without an interception, which beats Steve Young for a new team record.
“He had to be great with what the Packers were doing,” coach Jim Harbaugh said of his quarterback.
Other heroes of this game included linebacker NaVorro Bowman, with a fourth-quarter interception of Rodgers, which set up Frank Gore’s 23-yard touchdown run, which put the 49ers up 30-15. That proved too much of a gap for the Packers’ powerful offense to make up.
“You stop teams that are used to scoring, used to getting first downs,” Bowman said, “and you are going to get them pointing fingers.”
Gore put together another instrumental performance with his touchdown and 112 yards rushing on only 16 carries. It was Gore’s 30th career 100-yard rushing game.
Also, 37-year-old David Akers tied an NFL record with a 63-yard field goal that bounded off the crossbar.
“Dave is the man,” Bowman said. “He has been doing it for a long time.”
While the game was physical, Harbaugh was impressed by his team’s brains.
“We played our best games with our minds,” Harbaugh said. “(The players) were tremendously on it.”